Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Catamarca |
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| Year | 1888 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA SERIE 014 Emisión garantida con el depósito de fondos públicos nacionales, según Ley de 3 de Noviembre de 1887. EL BANCO PROVINCIAL de CATAMARCA pagará á la vista y al portador UN PESO en moneda nacional BUENOS AIRES, 1º de Enero de 1888. BRADBURY, WILKINSON Y CIA, GRABADORES LONDRES (Translation: Republic Argentina Series 014 Emission guaranteed with the deposit of national public funds, according to the Law of November 3, 1887. The Provincial Bank of Catamarca will pay at sight and to the bearer One Peso in national currency Buenos Aires, January 1, 1888. Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co, London Engravers) |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of two cherubs engaged in the arts: one seated and writing or drawing, the other holding a painter's palette before an easel, set within a scrollwork arch. The denomination "UNO" appears in large letters at lower left and lower right corners, with elaborate guilloche and foliate border ornaments framing the entire reverse in a single color. |
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Banco Provincial de Catamarca was one of several Argentine provincial banks authorized to issue notes under the 1887 Ley de Bancos Garantidos, which required gold backing deposited with the national government in exchange for the right to print. The system collapsed spectacularly by 1890, triggering the Baring Crisis and wiping out most of these provincial institutions. Catamarca's bank was among the casualties.
Bradbury Wilkinson engraved and printed the entire series from their New Malden works. The firm was the dominant supplier to South American provincial issuers in this period, which means the plate quality is almost certainly better than the bank that commissioned it deserved.